alarmedlyadv.
/əˈlɑːmᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈlɑrmədli/ In a frightened, disturbed, or worried manner.
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the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adverb] > in an alarmed manner
affrightedly1612
affrightfully1659
alarmedly1827
1827 W. Hone Every-day Bk. II. 51 (Alarmedly.) I'm half afraid he's gone!
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. xi. 199 Looking alarmedly round at the breakfast-table for restoratives.
1901 Harper's Monthly Mag. Nov. 984/2 His wife and daughter looked at him alarmedly, then at each other.
1993 C. Adderson Bad Imaginings 124 The Old Man looks up, crossing himself alarmedly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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